India, June 3 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) completed over 70% of its annual pre-monsoon drainage cleaning work across the city, with civic officials saying the delayed arrival of the monsoon has provided some additional time to finish pending operations.

While the civic body's usual deadline for completing the exercise is May 31, officials said the ongoing delay in the onset of rains has allowed drainage teams to continue work in several parts of the city.

According to the officials, 70% of stormwater drains, 63% of stormwater lines and 75% of nalas have been cleaned so far.

PMC Disaster Management Cell head Ganesh Sonune said the overall progress has been satisfactory, although some ward offices started work later than sche...